Thursday, July 14, 2011

Routing R

Submit R sentences by Wednesday, July 20, using comments on this post.

Origins: Head (1)
Greek: Rho
Frequency: 9th most frequent letter in English (2)
"R" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "Is called the canine letter, because it is uttered with some resemblance to the growl or snarl of a cur: it has one constant sound in English, such as it has in other languages; as red, rose, more, muriatick: in words derived from the Greek, it is followed by an h, rhapsody: r is never mute, unless the second r may be accounted mute, where two rr are used; as myrrh." (3)

5 comments:

Erin Gong said...

Rotund raccoons routinely raid restaurant rubbish.

Brady said...

Realistic reactions require rational reagents.

Brady said...

Roundish rocks rarely roll right.

Brady said...

Robert really relishes rewarding Roger's rapid recitations.

Sherry said...

Rusty recalled riding rhinos rigidly